For starters: Miami Heat at Atlanta Hawks

February 20, 2013|By Ira Winderman, South Florida Sun Sentinel

ATLANTA — A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Wednesday's 8 p.m. game between the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena (Sun Sports), with Mike Miller out for the Heat:

Starting lineups

MIAMI HEAT (36-14)

Center: Chris Bosh

Power forward: Udonis Haslem

Small forward: LeBron James

Shooting guard: Dwyane Wade

Point guard: Mario Chalmers

Inactive: Dexter Pittman, Mike Miller.

ATLANTA HAWKS (29-22)

Center: Zaza Pachulia

Power forward: Al Hoford

Small forward: Anthony Tolliver

Shooting guard: DeShawn Stevenson

Point guard: Jeff Teague

Inactive: Lou Williams.

Referees: Joe Crawford, Michael Smith, Haywoode Workman.

Pregame note of note: Atlanta ranks second in the NBA in assists per game at 24.0 and have had only seven games where they failed to dish out at least 20 (the Hawks are 22-5 when recording 24 or more assists and 8-1 with 30-plus). The Hawks have recorded assists on 64.6 percent (1224 of 1896) of their made baskets on the season, tops in the league. Additionally, Atlanta ranks tied for eighth in the NBA in assists-to-turnover ratio, at 1.59.